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29 Mar 2022 at 18:06
There are two types of positive margin, internal and external. An internal positive margin is surgeon error - a bit of the gland has been left behind. An external positive margin is unlucky - the diagnosis of T1 or T2 turned out to be incorrect.
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30 Mar 2022 at 06:37
Thanks Lyn probably reinforces the argument for early SRT then.
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